15 Questions With... Ben Slama Safouane "What is your latest project about?" "My latest project, 'I prefer when it’s real', was made in collaboration with curator Camille Martin during a residency at the Contemporary Art Center of Brétigny. In this project, I wanted to take on the question of love and tenderness, in the streets of Parisian suburbs. I imagined it as a starting point, as the foundations of something more political. I wanted to capture a real tenderness—a real loneliness. With using models, I might have been able to portray stronger gestures, but I liked the idea that this love is sometimes brushed against the invisible, that it only exists for those who want it and know where to look. It was a way of approaching our common experience—these small moments which are common to us." Congratulations to Ben Slama Safouane, who is one of six recently announced receipients of this year's Regards du Grand Paris photographic prize. See more from @safouanebenslama series 'I prefer when it's real' via the '15 Questions With...' link in bio.